Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
East China Jiaotong University currently has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are spread across 2 distinct art units. The prosecution involves 2 distinct examiners, including ANDRISH, SEAN D, who is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action.
The 2 pending office actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, indicating a distributed workload. With 2 distinct art units involved, the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems filings are reviewed by different specialized groups. Practitioners should track these 2 pending office actions through the 2 distinct examiners.
The busiest examiner is currently assigned 1 pending office action, representing half of the total workload. This distribution across 2 distinct art units requires a coordinated strategy to ensure consistency. Practitioners can focus on the specific requirements of the 2 pending office actions to advance the portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (50%) |
| §112 only | 1 (50%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDRISH, SEAN D | 1 | 71.5% | +32.2% |
| COOK, BRIAN S | 1 | 62.2% | +29.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17899346 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING TIME DELAY IN EXTRACTION AND SEPARATION PROCESS OF RARE EARTH | COOK, BRIAN S | 134d overdue |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17899346 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING TIME DELAY IN EXTRACTION AND SEPARATION PROCESS OF RARE EARTH | COOK, BRIAN S | 134d overdue |
| 19015704 | WOODEN CONNECTION STRUCTURE FOR SEISMIC RESISTANCE IN PILE FOUNDATIONS | ANDRISH, SEAN D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3678 | 1 |
| 2187 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19015704 | WOODEN CONNECTION STRUCTURE FOR SEISMIC RESISTANCE IN PILE FOUNDATIONS | ANDRISH, SEAN D | 3678 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 17899346 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING TIME DELAY IN EXTRACTION AND SEPARATION PROCESS OF RARE EARTH | COOK, BRIAN S | 2187 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 134d overdue | Pending | Aug 30, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialEast China Jiaotong University has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Sean D Andrish has the most, with 1 of East China Jiaotong University's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
